The role of nurse educator

How do you see healthcare reform affecting the role of the nurse educator?

            With the reforms, there is a huge impact on nurse educator in that the U.S. will need to train additional healthcare providers to manage millions of new patient’s influx in the healthcare arena (Fried, Pintor,  Graven & Blewett, 2014).. Another impact will be an increased need for the federal government to provide more funds for advanced practice as well as undergraduate registered nursing education.  For the advanced practice education, the reforms are excellent news. Many programs need to be initiated to increase the numbers of students in an effort to meet healthcare needs of millions of patients. Reforms will also bring challenges to nurse educator  in that  in an  effort to ensure  enough providers like medical doctors  as well as  nurse practitioners (NP), healthcare plans  will need to  recognize and reimburse the  NPs as  main care providers.

            Educational units will need to be prepared to increase their enrollment to meet the demand.  Getting faculty with doctoral degrees to champion for this change will become a challenge with capped salaries as well as retirements which are a dilemma for the entire nursing education programs (Brett, Branstetter & Wagner, 2014). The reforms will provide some opportunities in that many professional-level organizations at national and state levels will work together to ensure sufficient providers for the influx of patients. Need to decrease restrictions to practice for all nurse practitioners will be a must. The restrictions that may require immediate attention may include requiring third-party carriers to recognize and reimburse the NPs as main care providers to allow patients additional options for care delivery. As another effect on nurse educator, there will be a need for revisions on restrictions on practice, like medical collaboration requirements, in which NPs need to be overseen by physicians (Kingsley, 2014).

References

Brett, A. L., Branstetter, J. E., & Wagner, P. D. (2014): Nurse Educators' Perceptions of Caring   Attributes in Current and Ideal Work Environments. Nursing Education Perspectives,    35(6), 360-366 doi:10.5480/13-1113.1

Fried, B., Pintor, J. K., Graven, P., & Blewett, L. A. (2014): Implementing Federal Health            Reform in the States: Who Is Included and Excluded and What Are Their             Characteristics? Health Services Research, 492062-2085 doi:10.1111/1475-6773.12232

Kingsley, T. (2014): Diagnosing the Current Problems of the United States Health Care System   Requires Examining the History of Health Reform. Kennedy School Review, 1463-69.

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